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The new Chancellor said the Tory government’s plans for a share sale in the bank did not ‘represent value for money’.

The UK’s top stock market index hit a new peak on Tuesday amid improving investor confidence.

The issues meant trading for hundreds of London-listed firms, such as Deliveroo and Asos, was halted for investors and traders.

A spokesman for Theresa Villiers said she takes ‘full responsibility for the mistake’.

ONLINE furniture retailer Made.com will not take any new orders from customers after attempts to secure a bail-out fell flat.

THE UK Government has ceded control of Ulster Bank’s parent owner NatWest for the first time after selling off a big chunk of shares.

AIB has confirmed it is in talks with the Irish Government to buy back some of the state’s shares in the lender after posting a pre-tax profit of €629 million (£521m) for 2021.

THE widow of the late First Derivatives founder Brian Conlon has sold a significant portion of the family's share in the company for £62 million.

SHARES in Belfast IT services firm Kainos rocketed on Wednesday morning after the company announced that its revenues and profits for the current financial year will be much higher than previously forecast.

WHERE is an investor to go to for income these days? Deposit based, property, income funds? Negative interest rates look like a target for central banks and with cash already producing little more than a mattress, building societies have nothing to offer.